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Major winners Francesco Molinari , Louis Oosthuizen, Brooks Koepka , Jason Day and Adam Scott all share a joint lead at the Masters, but it is Tiger Woods who commands the spotlight at Augusta National.
The four-time Green Jacket winner brought the roars back to the famed venue with a four-under-par 68 on Friday, leaving himself just one-shot back.
After an ordinary outward nine featuring three birdies offset by a pair of bogeys, Woods embarked on one of his trademark charges, carding three birdies after the turn to shoot up the leaderboard. Woods will play alongside Ian Poulter on Saturday.
Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Xander Shauffele and Phil Mickelson are also all in contention in one of the most tightly contested Masters in years.
Show all 44 1 /44The Masters - Day Three The Masters - Day Three Tiger Woods
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The Masters - Day Three Justin Thomas
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The Masters - Day Three Jon Rahm
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The Masters - Day Three Hideki Matsuyama
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The Masters - Day Three Kiradech Aphibarnrat
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The Masters - Day Three Bryson DeChambeau
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The Masters - Day Three Ian Poulter
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The Masters - Day Three Tony Finau
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The Masters - Day Three Phil Mickelson
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The Masters - Day Three Dustin Johnson
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The Masters - Day Three Gary Woodland
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The Masters - Day Three Louis Oosthuizen
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The Masters - Day Three The Masters - Day Two
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The Masters - Day Three Jordan Spieth reacts to his shot from the fourth tee
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The Masters - Day Three Rory McIlroy plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole
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The Masters - Day Three Brooks Koepka chips to the 15th green
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The Masters - Day Three Bryson DeChambeau plays the fifth
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The Masters - Day Three Justin Thomas plays the 14th
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The Masters - Day Three Ian Poulter recognises the crowd
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The Masters - Day Three The patrons watch Tiger Woods
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The Masters - Day Three Tiger Woods plays out of the bunker on the second
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The Masters - Day Three Phil Mickelson on the seventh
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The Masters - Day Three Jon Rahm and Tiger Woods shake hands
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The Masters - Day Three Dustin Johnson fist bumps Jason Day
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The Masters - Day Three Francesco Molinari produced a fine 67 on Day Two
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One The opening day of the 2019 Master Championship got underway on Thursday.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Who will top the leaderboard come Sunday night?
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Tiger Woods was one of the early players to take to the Augusta National course.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One As was Tommy Fleetwood, who made a strong start with two early birdies.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Former Masters champions Bernhard Langer was also in contention early on.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One At one stage, Woods' name was top of the leaderboard as he moved to three-under.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One But the same could not be said for Rory McIlroy, who struggled throughout his opening round.
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McIlroy finished the day one-over-par, seven shots off the lead.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One But both John Rahm and Woods were pleased with their day's work after each going under par.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One World No 1 Justin Rose struggled on Thursday and finds himself three-over.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Rose's fellow Englishman Ian Poulter leads the European charge on four-under.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One But there was not stopping three-time major winner Brooks Koepka as he moved to the front of the field.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Koepka surged ahead, but playing partners Jordan Spieth and Paul Casey struggled.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Jason Day and Dustin Johnson both find themselves in contention.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One As does Phil Mickelson, with the three-time Masters champion one shot off the lead on five-under.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Koepka was joined at the top of the leaderboard by fellow American Bryson DeChambeau as he birdied 16, 17 and 18.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One 2015 champion Spieth endured a nightmare round and is nine shots off the lead.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One Johnson has been fancied by many to win at Augusta and finds himself well placed heading into Friday.
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The Masters - Day Three Masters Day One The field will be gunning for Koepka and DeChambeau who lead the way on six-under-par.
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Here are all of Saturday’s tee times:
Masters Tee Times: Saturday’s Third Round (BST) 14:05: Eddie Pepperell (Eng)
14:15: Branden Grace (SA), Emiliano Grillo (Arg)
14:25: Zach Johnson, Takumi Kanaya* (Jpn)
14:35: Alex Noren (Swe), Billy Horschel
14:45: Martin Kaymer (Ger), Devon Bling*
14:55: Henrik Stenson (Swe), Haotong Li (Chn)
15:05: Keith Mitchell, Aaron Wise
15;15: Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Patrick Cantlay
Molinari is in the final group on Saturday (Getty Images) 15:25: Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Trevor Immelman (SA)
15:35: Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Andrew Landry
15:45: Cameron Smith (Aus), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng)
16:05: Marc Leishman (Aus), Rory McIlroy (NI)
16:15: Si-woo Kim (Kor), Kyle Stanley
16:25: Keegan Bradley, Bubba Watson
16:35: Kevin Na, Alvaro Ortiz* (Mex)
16:45: Viktor Hovland* (Nor), Jimmy Walker
16:55: Patrick Reed, Webb Simpson
17:05: Jordan Spieth, Kevin Tway
17:15: Bernhard Langer (Ger), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
17:25: Charley Hoffmann, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)
17:35: JB Holmes, Lucas Bjerregaard (Den)
17:45: Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Kevin Kisner
Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events 18:05: Gary Woodland, Rickie Fowler
18:15: Corey Conners (Can), Tony Finau
18:25: Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas
18:35: Charles Howell III, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)
18:45: Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson
18:55: Jon Rahm (Spa) Patton Kizzire
19:05: Tiger Woods, Ian Poulter (Eng)
19:15: Justin Harding (SA), Xander Schauffele
19:25: Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Dustin Johnson
19:35: Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott (Aus)
19:45: Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jason Day (Aus)
*denotes amateur
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